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The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
Jared Earley, a senior criminal justice major at Penta Career Center, pauses, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, while holding a flag before the start of the school’s annual Patriot Day ceremony in Perrysburg Township, Ohio. The school honored the courageous acts of first responders, and paid tribute to the fallen heroes and innocent victims of 9/11 also known as Patriot’s Day. Associated Press
Singer Billy Joel, left, and motorcycle designer and television personality Paul Teutul, Jr., look up at One World Trade Center Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, after they rode with firefighters and first responders with the FDNY Motorcycle Club from FDNY Rescue 1 headquarters to the World Trade Center site for the 12th anniversary commemorations of the 9/11 attacks. The ride represented the firefighters who responded on 9/11. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Associated Press
President Barack Obama lowers his head during a moment of silence at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Associated Press
Two people stand at the edge of the north reflecting pool at the Sept. 11 memorial during a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Associated Press
Daniel Henry, a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey police officer, pauses during a moment of silence at 9:01 a.m. at the south reflecting pool at the Sept. 11 memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. Associated Press
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama put their hands on their hearts during the playing of “Taps” as they stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, to mark the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks. Associated Press
Ron Joy makes a rubbing of his friend’s name, New York Fire Department firefighter Capt. Vincent Giammona, at the South reflecting pool at the Sept. 11 memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York. Associated Press
The names of victims are read aloud as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
A visitor walks through the “Empty Sky” memorial to New Jersey’s victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, in Jersey City, N.J. One World Trade Center is visible across the Hudson River. Ceremonies will be held Wednesday to mark the 12th anniversary of the attacks. Associated Press
A TSA color guard takes part in a ceremony at Cleveland Hopkins Airport Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Associated Press
Friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
President Barack Obama places a wreath at the Pentagon Sept. 11 memorial, as Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, his wife Deanie Dempsey and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, watch Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at the Pentagon during a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Associated Press
A woman wipers her eyes after reading the name of her brother, Bobby Hughes, as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
Friends and relatives of the victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the worst terror attack on the US. The Pentagon was struck by one of the hijacked plane. Associated Press
Three police officers walk through the “Empty Sky” memorial to New Jersey’s victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, in Jersey City, N.J. Ceremonies will be held Wednesday to mark the 12th anniversary of the attacks. Associated Press
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, left, and Gordon Felt, center, whose brother Edward P. Felt was a passenger on Flight 93, place a wreath with the help of Navy honor guard Matthew Konchan, of Johnstown, Pa., in front of the wall containing the names of the 40 crew and passengers on Flight 93 at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 in Shanksville. Associated Press
A woman looks to the sky during a moment of silence as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
Friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
Members of the Philadelphia Police & Fire Pipes & Drums listen to remarks during a ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, marking the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia. Associated Press
President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hold their hands over their hearts during the playing of the national anthem, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at the Pentagon during a ceremony to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Associated Press
Mija Quigley, of Princeton Junction, N.J., embraces the name of her son, Patrick Quigley, during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Patrick Quigley died aboard Flight 175 when it crashed into the south tower on 9/11. Associated Press
Ron Joy makes a rubbing of his friend’s name, New York Fire Department firefighter Capt. Vincent Giammona, at the South reflecting pool at the Sept. 11 memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York.
Relatives rub the names listed on the edge of a reflecting pool at the Sept. 11 memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Associated Press
Navy Quartermaster Matthew Konchan of Johnstown, Pa., stands in a field of black-eyed Susan as he waits to participate in a wreath laying with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell during a memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 in Shanksville. Associated Press
Retired FDNY Marshal, Ernie Medaglia, of Bronxville, N.Y., who was at the attacks at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, is emotional as he listens to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a ceremony near the Sept. 11 memorial honoring first responders and FDNY Rescue 1 on the twelve anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Associated Press
The World Trade Center Flag is presented as friends and relatives of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, for a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks in New York. Associated Press
A woman touches the stone with names of the 9/11 victims at the Sept. 11 memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Associated Press
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